Neelam Manjunath

Ar. Neelam Manjunath is an architect, author, planner, scientist, activist, and theoretician. She has been practicing since 1991. Her architecture is distinguished for sustainability with a special emphasis on Bamboo. Her work has been published widely and presented in several national and international forums. She is on several technical committees on Sustainability and Bamboo. She is the CEO, CGBMT, Bangalore, doing R&D, applications, and training on Bamboo since 1999.

She has delivered close to 175 lectures, and paper presentations, conducted close to 75 hands-on skilling national and international workshops,  projects and works have been published in over 20 countries in more than 10 languages conducted and participated in several exhibitions both in India and abroad including the prestigious International Architectural Venice Biennale 2016; and is running structured courses on bamboo from 2011 for various levels from Certificate to PG programs.

She has won several National and International nominations, awards, and honors for her works with Bamboo, sustainability and design.

Committees

• Propritrix , Manasaram Architects (1991 to present)
• CEO, Founder, CGBMT-School of Simple Living (2004 to present)
• Convenor, WC-ADCET; Chair, Karnataka Chapter & NGCM, Bamboo Society of India;
• Member, National Governing Council, Bamboo Society of India (???)
• Advisor , Sustainability  and Bamboo Affairs, DEI( Deemed University), Dayalbagh, Agra (2013 to present)
• World Bamboo Ambassador, World Bamboo Organisation (2018 to present)
• Member, International Technical Committee, World Bamboo Congress (2015, 2018, 2020)
• Advisor, Karnataka State Bamboo Mission (2019 to present)
• Key Expert, Bamboo Construction Task Force, INBAR (2019 to present)
• Member, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
• Key Expert, Bamboo Construction Task Force, INBAR (2019 to present)
• Member, Sub-Working Group on Bamboo Construction, Niti Ayog (2022)
• C40 Women4Climate Bengaluru COHORT (2022 to present)

Awards

• Sir M Vishwesvaraya Prize(2005);
• IIA-Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Award (2005),
• World Architecture Community Awards (2013)
• Lafarge Invention awards (2011)
• World Architecture News Awards (2013)
• Nomination- Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2013)
• Lifetime contribution to Bamboo Sector, Bangalore (2014)
• Archi Design Awards for Sustainable Design (2015)
• The Merit List (2015-16)
• Rashi-Dinesh Verma Award for Social Architecture (2016)
• ARCASIA Awards for Architecture GOLD (2017)
• 4 RTF awards: Cultural, Office Building, Transportation, and Housing categories (2017)
• WADe Asia-Sustainability Champion(2017),
• Fibra Awards (2018-2019)
• ASADI Vastukala Mahati Award (2020)
• Realty+ Women Of Vision Awards (2022)